THE Royal British Legion ran second place West Devon close in a tightly fought encounter in the Tavistock Social Club Snooker league. Gibbs was the highlight of the night with a superb 32 break to take out WD's Hawke.

WD bounced back with another win for Kevin Rich over Stewart with a nice 21 break on the way. Mark Williams got back to winning ways again with a close win over Heathman to restore RBL's advantage. Showing great character though WD hit back again to secure the win with solid wins for Emptage (20) over Woods and another robust performance from Hurford over Wickett. Consolation for RBL though was the two frames collected were enough to take them up to third spot in the league again.

Con B and Con D slugged it out in another tight game, Con B looked 'set fair' with a superb potting game from Dolan over Day taking them one up, with another solid win for in form Roffey over Janowski making it two. Con D hit back with real captains innings from Holmes who played some scintillating 'power snooker' to overpower Hattie Hurle. It was all square in the next frame, with Croucher producing the type of snooker we all know he is capable of.

The final deciding frame was a battle of Williams Guile and cunning over the flamboyance of Andrews potting. It looked all over for Andrews needing a snooker and the last two balls, when uncharacteristically Williams made an unforced foul to allow Andrews to take the last two balls and win it for Con D.

This loss leaves Con B firmly rooted to the bottom of the table.